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The Warren Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 when Earl Warren served as the chief justice. The Warren Court is often considered the most liberal court in U.S. history. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in dramatic ways.
Warren is generally considered to be one of the most influential Supreme Court justices and political leaders in the history of the United States. Warren was born in 1891 in Los Angeles and was raised in Bakersfield, California. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, he began a legal career in Oakland.
United States: 348 U.S. 272 (1955) Federal government did not owe Indian tribe compensation for timber taken from tribal-occupied lands in Alaska under the 5th Amendment: Commissioner v. Glenshaw Glass Co. 348 U.S. 426 (1955) definition of taxable income: Williamson v. Lee: 348 U.S. 483 (1955) Due Process Clause, economic liberties Quinn v ...
It includes United States Supreme Court cases that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Cases of the Supreme Court of the United States decided by the Warren Court , the period during the tenure of Chief Justice Earl Warren (1953–69).
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population. Along with Baker v. Carr (1962) and Wesberry v.
The Burger Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1969 to 1986, when Warren E. Burger served as Chief Justice of the United States. Burger succeeded Earl Warren as Chief Justice after Warren's retirement, and served as Chief Justice until his retirement, when William Rehnquist was nominated and ...
United States ex rel. Accardi v. Shaughnessy , 347 U.S. 260 (1954), [ 1 ] is a landmark United States Supreme Court case, in administrative law , in which the Court held that administrative agencies in the Federal Government are obliged to follow their own regulations , policies and procedures. [ 2 ]
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